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Too Heavy to Fly and Other Dilemmas Solo Show: Recent paintings and linoleum prints
Eye Dart Studio Gallery, Goshen, IN http://eyedart.com/
June 2 through July 19, Reception: June 6, 5 - 9pm, 2008
The project includes linoleum prints and large oil paintings. The works address concerns and challenges that we as human beings face in our daily life. I use representational images to tell those problems. My stories are not linear extensions in time; they rather focus on one crucial moment. Whatever happened earlier and is about to happen in the future is open to interpretation. I do not strive to present accurate academic depiction. I use imagery as needed, to emphasize the point I want to make. The theatrical settings in the paintings and prints are influenced by the figures and costumes of the European Comedia del Arte, an old established form of improvisational theater. This is to distance the situations from actual life occurrences and give the ideas a sort of universal meaning. Every experience that is described in the works is common; it can happen anytime, anywhere. Even
though the pictures deal with the problematic elements in our lives, the message
is mostly positive. There is joy in the bright colors, swift movements, and
humorous staging. With that I intend to say that whatever may occur, life is
worth living.
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Raven II Oil on Canvas 36" x 48"
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Sleep Walker Oil on Canvas 36" x 48" |
Meat Eater's Dilemma II Oil on Canvas 36" x 48" |
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Overcoming Oil on Canvas 36" x 48
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Forbidden II Oil on Canvas 72" x 48"
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Bird Feeder's Wake III Oil on Canvas 48" x 72"
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